no boot sector on usb drive - Setup

This is a discussion on no boot sector on usb drive - Setup ; I've installed Centos 5.1 Linux to a USB drive and have set my laptop
to boot from the USB port. When I select the USB Drive as the boot
device it displays "No Boot Sector on USB Drive" then procedes ...

no boot sector on usb drive

I've installed Centos 5.1 Linux to a USB drive and have set my laptop
to boot from the USB port. When I select the USB Drive as the boot
device it displays "No Boot Sector on USB Drive" then procedes to boot
from my internal HD with WinXP. Does anyone know how I get a boot
sector on my usb drive? I thought the linux installation would of
placed one on it, it was also suppose to install the grub loader.